[Women’s Voices] Bethnahrin Women Protection Forces – HSNB
Zenubia, of the Bethnahrin Women’s Protection Force, talks about the role Syriac/Assyrian women play in the defense of Northern and Eastern Syria. “We are women with our duty in society.” Christians in the Middle East have been subjected to massacres, persecutions and forced displacements particularly over the past 100 years. Zenubia speaks of these genocides and how self-defense forces have been created to prevent future massacres.
Call for the internationalist day of action on 14 December 2019
The campaigns #RiseUp4Rojava, #WomenDefendRojava and #DefendRojava call for an international day of action on the 14th December under the slogan: Together against fascism and patriarchy! Defend the Rojava Revolution together! The war of aggression started by the Turkish army and its jihadist allies on 9 October 2019 against the Democratic Federation of Northern and Eastern Syria, brought with it a phase of global solidarity and resistance. The past weeks have …
[Women’s Voices] A perspective on the war from Jinwar women’s village (Part 3 – FINAL)
Rumet Heval in Jinwar (women’s village): Jinwar is a project to build a free life, to find the future by walking there together, to change the world whilst living in the day to day. Crops are grown, bread is baked, children raised. And a new life carved out. Although due to the location of the village many more vulnerable residents have moved to other places, life still goes on in …
Message from Jinwar women’s village for 25th November
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR A FREE LIFE WITHOUT VIOLENCE On November 25 1960 the three Mirabel sisters were murdered in the Dominican Republic for fighting against the dictatorship of Trujillo and his fascist government. Three women, who followed their convictions with bravery and selflessness, to fight for what they believed in. While their husbands and comrades were imprisoned, the three sisters were …
YPJ declaration for the 25th November
We continue the struggle of Hevrîn, Dayika Eqîde, Amara and the Mirabel sisters In the figures of the mirabel sisters and the immense sacrifices of our comrade Amara, Hevrîn, and the revolutionary efforts of Dayika Eqîde we remember the efforts and sacrifices of all women for their lands, identities, and to defend the essence of society. Once again, we promise on the şehîds of this honourable resistance to intensify our …
Michaela Hoffmann: “I am proud of Ivana because she has shown me another side of life.”
Michaela Hoffmann, the mother of Ivana Hoffman, who fell as an internationalist in the ranks of the MLKP in 2015 in Til Temir, is worried about the current situation in Til Temir. In an interview she is talking about the current threats on Til Temir and the hope that Ivana is giving her even after her death: It’s terrible what’s happening there in Rojava again. The people there have experienced …